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The United Nations Global

Compact Sustainability
Center
at Hunters Point Shipyard

Presented by Kelly Pretzer for the


Business Council on Climate Change
November 4, 2009
United Nations Global
Compact
The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses
that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally
accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-
corruption. The Global Compact stands as the largest corporate citizenship and
sustainability initiative in the world -- with over 7700 corporate participants and
stakeholders from over 130 countries.

The Global Compact is a leadership platform, endorsed by Chief Executive


Officers, and offering a unique strategic platform for participants to advance their
commitments to sustainability and corporate citizenship…The Global Compact
seeks to combine the best properties of the UN, such as moral authority and
convening power, with the private sector’s solution-finding strengths, and the
expertise and capacities of a range of key stakeholders. The Global Compact has
a unique constellation of participants and stakeholders -- bringing companies
together with governments, civil society, labour, the United Nations, and other key
interests.
United Nations Global
Compact
The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses
that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally
accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-
corruption. The Global Compact stands as the largest corporate citizenship and
sustainability initiative in the world -- with over 7700 corporate participants and
stakeholders from over 130 countries.

The Global Compact is a leadership platform, endorsed by Chief Executive


Officers, and offering a unique strategic platform for participants to advance their
commitments to sustainability and corporate citizenship…The Global Compact
seeks to combine the best properties of the UN, such as moral authority and
convening power, with the private sector’s solution-finding strengths, and the
expertise and capacities of a range of key stakeholders. The Global Compact has
a unique constellation of participants and stakeholders -- bringing companies
together with governments, civil society, labour, the United Nations, and other key
interests.
Hunters Point Shipyard
Hunters Point Shipyard
Hunters Point Shipyard

Building 813
United Nations Global Compact
Sustainability Center at Hunters
Point Shipyard
•A UN Global Compact Center would likely include a clean tech business incubator, offices of the
UN Global Compact, and a retreat / conference center to facilitate the exchange of sustainability
best practices and other innovations related to combating global warming.
•“Locating the UN Global Compact Center in San Francisco will reinforce our city’s commitment to
global justice and sustainability,” said Mayor Newsom. “Once completed, the United Nations center
can serve as an anchor for other sustainable businesses at the Shipyard in much the same way
that the University of California and the Stem Cell Institute have anchored Mission Bay’s
burgeoning biotech and life sciences cluster.”
•The Hunters Point Shipyard in San Francisco would provide a key strategic location for a global
United Nations center. Over two million square feet of LEED-certified commercial space will be
developed in “Parcel C” of the Shipyard in a campus-like setting, with views across the Bay and to
Downtown San Francisco. The site is generally equidistant between San Francisco International
Airport and downtown, and offers easy access to Silicon Valley, Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, the
Lawrence National Labs, NASA Ames Research Center, and UCSF.
•Next steps will include working with the United Nations to refine the proposal and to develop an
advisory board to help guide project development and fund raising efforts.

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